About China's Coolest Cars
This is the Nissan Lannia, a compact sedan that is only sold in China. It is a car aimed at a young audience, and therefore it comes with a daring and rather different design. Pretty or not pretty, it is certainly special.
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A super sweet Hafei Baili HFJ7090, seen in Fangzhuang District in Beijing in 2012. The good Baili was in a reasonable shape but in dire need of some love and maintenance. It was painted in an 80’s style shade of beige with gray bumpers and with steel wheels.
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A black Hongqi CA7202E3 Century Star taxi, seen in central Beijing back in 2012. Hongqi taxi’s have always been very rare in the capital, most were used to ferry passengers back and forth to the airport. Continue reading “Hongqi CA7202E3 Century Star Is A Luxurious Taxi In China”
A bright red Ford Capri sporty car, seen seemingly abandoned in the underground parking lot of the Ikea on the Fourth Ring Road in Beijing. At the time, parking at Ikea was free, no matter how long you parked there, so a lot cars were parked there ‘long term’, or dumped. The poor Capri was dusty and looked like it hadn’t moved for ages.
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It doesn’t happen everyday; meeting two old Skoda station wagons in Beijing, at the same time, standing together, at a stone throw from Volkswagen’s China headquarters in the Sanlitun area in Beijing.
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A gray black Ford SVT Raptor in China, seen on a bridge in the sun in the Sanlitun embassy area in Beijing. The Raptor looked mighty as always, and the owned had glued an extra Raptor badge on the bonnet.
A Brilliance BS4 sedan, seen in Beijing in 2013. The BS4 was painted in a bright orange with a black roof. Orange was not a factory color but this particular shade is being used by various traffic-related government services in China, so perhaps it is an ex-government car. License plate is from Hebei province.
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A brand new BMW M6 Gran Coupe, seen in the east of Beijing in 2013. The big Bimmer was painted in silver with a shade of blue. It had a temporarily license plate behind the windshield, which was common at the time for cars that has been purchased but not yet registered.
A very pretty Mini Countryman One, seen sometime in 2010 in the endless Chinese capital Beijing. The big Mini was wrapped in a pink wrap and further dressed up with a pink roof, black pillars, black mirrors, black wheel arches, and darkened windows.
An Englon TX4 taxi, seen on a cold day in the winter of 2012 in Beijing, in front of a large shopping mall near the center of town. The Englon TX4 was based on the London Taxi International (LTI) TX4.